Question

Hey there, new to AJAX, JS.. Im trying to add to a Javascript/Ajax search script that I’ve put together. Previously, it had a single search field, called search_word, I added one called search_date.

$(".search_button").click(function() {
    var search_word = $("#search_box").val();
    var search_date = $("#datepicker").val();
    var dataString = 'search_word='+ search_word;

    if(search_word=='')
    {
    }
    else
    {
        $.ajax({
        type: "GET",
        url: "searchdata.php",
        data: dataString,

In the Ajax, it appears to pass data of dataString, to my processing script. How do I add search date to the dataString so that I can use that var in my searchdata.php?

In searchdata, I can do this $search_word=$_GET[‘search_word’]; and use that var, but so far every time i attempt to alter the dataString, it breaks all the other functionality.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Either

var dataString = 'search_word='+search_word+'&search_date='+search_date;

Or you can get rid of that line completely and just do

$.ajax({
        type: "GET",
        url: "searchdata.php",
        data: {search_word: search_word, search_date: search_date}
      });